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I watched the "Conjuring" the other night (alone) and for some reason it scared me. I paused the movie and went into the dark kitchen and the goose pimples and hairs on the back of my neck actually rose up. I was so scared of what I don't know.
This is how I felt about "The Exorcist" the last time I watched it, here in my home. I read the book when it came out, and I was just 13. Saw it for the first time not long after that, and I almost tried to "dare myself" to watch it each time. But I felt very uncomfortable the last time I saw it (I will never watch it again). That kind of evil does exist (in my opinion), and I didn't want to do anything further to invite it into my life.
I was 14 when I saw the Exorcist & thought it was creepy but what got me was that night my bed started shaking....there
was a mild earthquake. Couple of years later on the late show- the Psycho shower scene made me nervous if I was home
alone.
There were some films based on serial killers that had an affect but the one that really got me was "Looking for Mr.
Goodbar." I would go to discos with some friends but we never would go out or meet with anyone from a club.
A movie might creep me out a bit, but not for long. However like so many have already stated, I saw the Exorcist when I was very young so the idea of a female demon spooks me to this day. Seeing The Entity when I was a kid didn't help matters. I wonder if my experience with these movies would have been different if I saw them first as an adult. Judging by others comments I imagine the effect wouldn't be lasting at all. So impressionable when we're young. Damn you Linda Blair!
My parents would take us to the family night carload at the local drive-in with the idea that the kids would fall asleep and they could then watch the 2nd and sometimes less "family oriented movie" on the double bill.
Well that didn't work out when they decided to see Night of the Living Dead! Everyone fell asleep except me! I remember peering over the backseat to see the movie! I was six! I wound between my parents staring at the door and window, just waiting for some Zombie to appear! I stayed up all night!
As a teenager I read "The Exorcist, so I thought I'd be able to handle the TV edited version...I was wrong!
Now I seldom see scary movies but when I do I prefer well acted, well written, suspenseful movies; not the torture porn types like Saw or Hostel.
Paranormal Activity had me slightly spooked; I really liked The Others, The Ring, and The Descent!
Horror is easily my favorite genre. For better or worse, our parents forbade us from watching the Exorcist when it first came out. I remember my mom reading the book (way back in the 70s) and it was upsetting her so much that she took the book outside and burned it in a barrel behind the garage, lol. We were Lutheran.
I agree with the poster who mentioned The Strangers. It really was a completely plausible story. And I think the inclusion of Joanna Newsom's song The Sprout and the Bean in that film was absolutely brilliant.
A couple of years ago I watched the Ryan Reynolds Amityville Horror remake for the first time; that was as scared as I've ever been at 6 pm while it was still light outside. To this day I am creeped out whenever I wake up in the middle of the night and the clock reads 3:15 am.
Echoing other posters, I'm not a fan of torture porn either, but for some reason I love Wolf Creek and The Hills Have Eyes and Last House on the Left remakes.
I love suspense and horror films (the latter without too much gore, especially if it seems gratuitous). A lot of people say, "I won't be able to sleep after this," or "That movie kept me up at night," or "I'll have to sleep with the light on," etc.
Other than "The Exorcist," which I've seen probably three times in my life and each time felt profoundly disturbed, as in "Stop watching this; some things are just too evil and I can't take it" and since age 11 when I saw "Jaws" in the theater and was literally afraid to get in the bathtub for months afterward, nothing has scared me to the extent that I couldn't sleep. (Maybe "Jaws," now that I think about it -- I wouldn't even go near the ocean for years and am still uncomfortable being around large bodies of water.)
Which horror movies have affected you like this, if any?
American Werewolf in London back in the 1980's.
In the movie theater the wolves howls made the hair stand up on the back on my neck. I did not sleep that night lol.
I've loved horror movies since a child. I guess I've watched so many and read so many Stephen King books that nothing really bothers me. However, I watched The Conjuring last year and that actually did make the hair on my neck stand up. First time ever.
[quote=nmg63;35050694] Well that didn't work out when they decided to see Night of the Living Dead! Everyone fell asleep except me! I remember peering over the backseat to see the movie! I was six! I wound between my parents staring at the door and window, just waiting for some Zombie to appear! I stayed up all night! [quote]
Was that the original black and white one? I remember my sister telling me one of her dates with her husband was at the drive in and they saw Night of the Living Dead. I laughed at the '80's remake but when I saw the original--it truly frightened me.
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